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As of Saturday 15th March, I’ll be filming (DoP) a short film called ‘Not Long Till Monday’, written and directed by Paul McAuley. It’s a story focussing on mental health issues and is primarily targeted towards the upcoming mental health film festival, of which details will soon come. The story is a day-in-the-life look at an ordinary Joe who’s life is normal, wife, children, successful job, but internally suffers from depression, possibly ADHD, or is Bipolar, and how this affects his views of, not only himself, but the world around him.

We’ll be filming internal/externally around the Paisley area; town centre (various locations) and up the Gleniffer Braes.

I was a bit apprehensive at first as the cost (at a very low price of £130) seemed too good to be true, in other words, cheap and plastic. But having arrived today, I’ve set it up and I’m quite surprised at how sturdy it is. For what we’re doing and the no budget we have, this was always going to be a Charlie Sheen winner, compared to the high-end equipment, which would cost hundreds/thousands itself.

But I’ll let you know how I get on with it and its ease of use.

Sound wise, it’s a bit of an issue – I’d obviously love a high end Sennheiser mic or a Rode NTG-3 with shock mount and a proper boom pole, but needs and budgets must, we ain’t got that!! Obviously the on-board mics on pretty much all DSLR’s are pure mince, so external audio with sync to picture is a must. For this we have a Zoom H2N for recording audio.

We done an initial recce of all the locations and I done a few quick floor plans, just to understand where we could block the action and possible camera moves and angles.

Another visit this coming week for another full-on look and rehearsal is definitely required before shooting begins.

A KEY thing before beginning any production of any sort is to gather a list of film references that could enhance your ideas, whether visually or narratively. Here is a list I initially came up with that I thought could inform us throughout this film;